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2008-02-27 -Obits-

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-27 11:15|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 National Review has a posting in "The Corner":

Im devastated to report that our dear friend, mentor, leader, and founder William F. Buckley Jr., died overnight in his study in Stamford, Connecticut.

After year of illness, he died while at work; if he had been given a choice on how to depart this world, I suspect that would have been exactly it. At home, still devoted to the war of ideas.

As you might expect, well have much more to say here and in NR in the coming days and weeks and months. For now: Thank you, Bill. God bless you, now with your dear Pat. Our deepest condolences to Christopher and the rest of the Buckley family. And our fervent prayer that we continue to do WFBs lifes work justice.

--Kathryn Jean Lopez

Posted by Mike 2008-02-27 11:21|| 2008-02-27 11:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Here is the shortened URL:

http://tinyurl.com/3clfxk

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-27 11:32|| 2008-02-27 11:32|| Front Page Top

#3 ....WFB was in many ways the godfather of the modern conservative movement. He'll be missed.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-02-27 11:36|| 2008-02-27 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 He certainly had a huge impact on my nascent political thinking back in the '60s when I read his column in the New York papers. Which led me to his books and a subscription to NR when I was 16. I'll never forget his run for Mayor of NYC. When asked what he would do first if he won? "Demand a recount."

Pax

Posted by AlanC 2008-02-27 12:37|| 2008-02-27 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 He is someone I admire greatly. However, he wrote in Nov 2007 at:

http://www.uexpress.com/ontheright/index.html?uc_full_date=20071130:

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Again, the personal story. My wife began smoking (furtively) when 15, which is about when I also began. When we were both 27, on the morning after a high-pitched night on the town for New Year's Eve, we resolved on mortification of the flesh to make up for our excesses: We both gave up smoking. The next morning, we decided to divorce -- nothing less than that would distract us from the pain we were suffering. We came to, and flipped a coin -- the winner could resume smoking. I lost, and for deluded years thought myself the real loser, deprived of cigarettes. Half a year ago my wife died, technically from an infection, but manifestly, at least in part, from a body weakened by 60 years of nonstop smoking. I stayed off the cigarettes but went to the idiocy of cigars inhaled, and suffer now from emphysema, which seems determined to outpace heart disease as a human killer.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2008-02-27 14:32|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2008-02-27 14:32|| Front Page Top

#6 WFB: simply put...a giant intellect of the latter 20th century. One man, one contemporary can claim the distinction of influencing TWO of the THREE GIANTS of the later part of the 20th century: An American President and an English Prime Minister. The THIRD GIANT of the later part of the 20th century - a Catholic Pope from Poland - well, he influenced WFB though I believe by and large they were both on the same page.

Posted by MarkZ 2008-02-27 17:18|| 2008-02-27 17:18|| Front Page Top

#7 RIP, BILL, YOU GOD YOU.

I watched his show FIRING LINE all the time when I was younger - he asked questions and discussed issues not brought up in any of the BIG THREE [CBS, NBC, ABC] or even Guam's early KUAM NEWS. Actually, GUAM TV > the BIG THREE was actually THE BIG TWO just beginning to move to 2-1/2. STATESIDE NEWS/ISSUES > for a long time twas only CRONKITE, and BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY was also one of my personal inspirations to learn how to speak and write at the University-level. Unfortunately, the NET + TEXTING LONG AGO BEGAN ITS DASTARDLY FEEL-GOOD CORRUPTIONS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-02-27 17:19|| 2008-02-27 17:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Mr. Mendiola:

Your sentiments are echoed throughout the blogosphere.

Your post brought a smile to my face when you wrote: "BUCKLEY was also one of my personal inspirations to learn how to speak and write at the University-level."

God love ya Joe, but there have been more than a few occasions when I wish I had had WFB's intellect to interpret some your postings.

I think it safe to say we both acknowledge the passing of a great man. Today is a sad day.

Posted by MarkZ 2008-02-27 17:58|| 2008-02-27 17:58|| Front Page Top

#9 A link to WFB's mission statement for National Review.

Amazing to see how much of it could have been written today

Posted by charger 2008-02-27 23:02|| 2008-02-27 23:02|| Front Page Top

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